PIVOTAL AND INTEL SIGN AGREEMENT TO TARGET GLOBAL 2000 COMPANIES.

Pivotal (Nasdaq:PVTL)(TSE:PVT.) has signed a multi-year, global business development initiative with Intel.

The companies are joining forces to deliver the Pivotal Demand Chain Management solution suite on Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers combined with Intel Solution Services to Global 2000 companies. This agreement includes joint sales, marketing, service and product development initiatives.

"The collaboration between Intel and Pivotal will bring the Pivotal Demand Chain Management solution suite to market on the highest performing and most cost-effective computing platform available," said Deborah Conrad, vice president and general manager, Intel Solutions Market Development Group. "With this agreement, Pivotal and Intel are addressing the needs of enterprises operating in a complex technology environment by providing a highly configured joint solution."

Joint Pivotal-Intel customers will have the unique opportunity to have their specific technology environments replicated to test and optimize the performance of the Pivotal solution suite on the Intel Architecture and Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers. Each customer's existing IT infrastructure including firewalls, legacy systems and satellite locations, will be simulated at one of the many Intel Solution Centers around the world. Intel will create real-world conditions, such as increased user activity, to stress-test the system prior to deployment. This proven testing methodology mitigates the risk for customers and ensures fast business results by enabling Pivotal and Intel to design the optimal configuration for rapid deployment, seamless integration with legacy systems and superior scalability.

Farm Credit Services of America, Omaha, the largest farm credit association in North America, is a joint Pivotal-Intel customer. According to Jim Greufe, CRM implementation director, Farm Credit Services of America, "Pivotal and Intel have provided Farm Credit Services of America with the proven expertise and technology guidance to optimize our current technology infrastructure to take full advantage of our Pivotal solution suite. This cost-effective strategy ensures that our technology foundation and Pivotal solution suite is configured to deliver business-critical performance. Essentially, Pivotal and Intel are putting our technology infrastructure and demand chain management solution on Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers to the test before our customers, partners and employees do."

Pivotal is also working with Intel Solution Services on technology initiatives that will take advantage of the latest Intel Architecture features on processors such as the Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 and Intel(R) Itanium(TM). The companies are working together to provide customers with advances in demand chain management, such as networking and processing advancements.

According to Charles Stevens, executive vice president, Enterprise Partners Group, Microsoft, "The Pivotal-Intel agreement demonstrates a clear commitment to customer success and business performance. Through the unique combination of Pivotal's demand chain management applications running on the Microsoft's family of .NET Enterprise Servers, and Intel's infrastructure expertise, customers will benefit from greater speed, scalability and business agility."

According to Kirk Herrington, CTO and executive vice president, product development, Pivotal, "Pivotal and Intel are empowering companies with business-impacting strategies that deliver faster technology deployments, higher reliability, and better performance than alternative enterprise applications. Pivotal is leveraging Intel's Fortune 500 technology expertise to expand our market opportunity and deliver solutions that are optimized to meet the unique technology requirements of every customer."